It was a riotous affair, with a troupe of hens plus bride, several brides to be and the lovely Miranda, Editor of Cosmo Bride all in attendance to make fine millinery creations.

Bake-a-Boo was the most fantastic location for the afternoon, I’ve never seen such a wonderful tearoom and definitely want to take my Mum back there for a lovely afternoon tea when next in London! They had gone to town with the Mad Hatter theme, and had fab biscuits in the shape of white rabbits, jam tarts and all manner of Alice in Wonderland type goodies! Vicky’s pal Alex had also used her talents to make some great ‘eat me’ and ‘drink me’ tags.

For more information on Vicky’s fascinator workshops which happen across the UK and are perfect for hen dos and other fun afternoons check out her website www.clarabows.co.uk

I joined her at Caffe Clifton in Bristol this Monday to shoot some images at one of her workshops for her new site, and what’s more I even got a chance to try my own hand at making a fascinator (a lovely little teal green number!). We also had an amazing slap up afternoon tea with gorgeous cakes supplied by Clifton Cake Cafe

I’ll be heading up to London with her for the next date which is a Mad Hatters Tea Party afternoon workshop on Sunday March 7th at uber cute Hampstead tearooms Bake-a-boo www.bake-a-boo.com/. We also plan to take in afternoon tea at the brilliant Sketch as a birthday treat (I’ll be 28 in two weeks time – eeek!).

For all the details of Vicky’s London workshop check out www.bake-a-boo.com/workshops – it would be great to see you there!